Malmberget mine

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Malmberget mine
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Malmberget mine
Location in Sweden
Location Malmberget
Municipality Lapland
Country Sweden
Coordinates 67°11′45″N20°42′29″E / 67.1959167°N 20.7080269°E / 67.1959167; 20.7080269
Production
Products Iron ore
Owner
Company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB

The Malmberget mine (Swedish: Malmbergsgruvan) is one of the largest iron ore mines in the world. [1] [2] The mine is located in Malmberget in Norrbotten County, Lapland, [1] it is owned by Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB). The mine has an annual production capacity of over 5 million tonnes of iron ore and has reserves amounting to 350 million tonnes of ore grading 43.8% iron, resulting 153.3 million tonnes of iron. [1] In 2009, the mine produced 4.3 million tonnes of iron.

The main level of the mine is situated at 1,250 metres, while the deepest point reaches 1,390 metres below ground.

The iron-apatite ore of the mine is hosted in igneous rocks known as the Kiruna Porphyry. [3]

The mine was evacuated as a precaution during the 2024 CrowdStrike incident on 19 July 2024. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Malmberget Iron Ore Mine". mining-technology.com. 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Malmbergsgruvan". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "kirunaporfyrer". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Haupt, Inger (19 July 2024). "Gruvan i Malmberget utrymd på grund av it-problem". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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